Quotes By Swami Vivekananda

The power of concentration is the only key to the treasure-house of knowledge.

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“Arise! Awake! And stop not till the goal is reached”

“ Strength is life, Weakness is death”

“Whatever you think, that you will be. If you think yourself weak, weak you will be; if you think yourself strong; strong you will be”

As long as we require someone else to make us happy, we are slaves.

Take the whole responsibility on your own shoulders and know that you are the creator of your destiny.

Religion lies in being and becoming, in realization.

The greatest help to spiritual life is meditation. In meditation we divest ourselves of all material condition and feel our divine nature.

We have to cover everything with the Lord himself, not a false sort of optimism, not by blinding our eyes to the evil, but by really seeing God in everything.

There is really no difference between matter, mind and Spirit. They are only different phases of experiencing the One.

Even the least work done for others awakens the power within; even thinking the least good of others gradually instills into the heart the strength of a lion.

There is only one Soul in the Universe. There is no ‘you’ or ‘me’; all variety is merged into the absolute unity, the one infinite existence – God.

God is always God, but the views which people and nations may take of him vary. No higher view is known than that of love.

Whenever there is a conflict between the pure heart and the intellect, always side with the pure heart.

It is the subjective world that rules the objective. Change the subject, and the object is bound to change; purify youreslf, and the world is bound to be purified.

That which is selfish is immoral, and that which is unselfish is moral.

Talk to yourself atleast once in a Day.. Otherwise you may miss a meeting with an EXCELLENT person in this World…

The Vedanta recognizes no sin it only recognizes error. And the greatest error, says the Vedanta is to say that you are weak, that you are a sinner, a miserable creature, and that you have no power and you cannot do this and that.” “It is our own mental attitude which makes the world what it is for us. Our thought make things beautiful, our thoughts make things ugly. The whole world is in our own minds. Learn to see things in the proper light

Everything can be sacrificed for truth, but truth cannot be sacrificed for anything.

The essence of education is concentration of mind, not collecting of facts. Develop the power of concentration of mind and detachment and then with a perfect instrument collect facts at will.

“All the power is within you; you can do anything and everything. Believe in that; don’t believe that you are weak. Stand up and express the divinity with in you”

“Always first learn to be a servant, and then you will be fit to be a master. Avoid this jealousy, and you will do great works that have yet to be done”

“Your country requires heroes; be heroes; your duty is to go on working, and then everything will follow of itself”

“Your country requires heroes; be heroes; your duty is to go on working, and then everything will follow of itself”

“He is an atheist who does not believe in himself. The old religion said that he was an atheist who does not believe in God. The new religion says that he is an atheist who does not believe in himself”

“Stand up, be bold, be strong. Take the whole responsibility on your own shoulders, & know that you are the creator of your own destiny. All the strength and succor you want are within you.”

The essence of education is concentration of mind, not collecting of facts. Develop the power of concentration of mind and detachment and then with a perfect instrument collect facts at will.

Education is not the amount of information that is put into your brain and runs riot there; undigested, all your life. We must have life building man-making, character-making assimilation of ideas.

He works best who works without any motive, neither for money, nor for fame, nor for anything else; and when a man can do that, he will be Buddha, and out of him will come the power to work in such a manner as will transform the world